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You will learn from this chapter that you should:

  • describe the materials you used in your experiments and/or the methods you used to carry out your research, in a way that is sufficiently detailed to enable others in your field to easily follow your method and, if desired, even replicate your work.

  • ensure the descriptions are complete and yet are also as concise as possible

  • write extremely clearly, with generally not more than two steps described in one sentence, and in a logical order. This will then enable your readers to easily follow your description.

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Wallwork, A. (2016). Methods. In: English for Writing Research Papers . English for Academic Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26094-5_16

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